The Parliament Pensions Law provides for a pension scheme for MPs who have served the legislature for certain period, in this case, a period of five years.
The sudden decision taken by president Maithripala Sirisena to dissolve parliament yesterday will result in 58 Members of Parliament losing their pensions.
Accordingly, the following MPs will not be eligible to receive a pension as they have not completed five years after the placement of the 08th Parliament.
K. Kadar Masthan
Angajan Ramanadan
Hector Appuhami
Sisira Kumara Abeysekara
Thushara Indunil Amarasena
Ananda Aluthgamage
S.M.Mohamed Ismail
A. Aravinda Kumar
Welu Kumar
Nalaka Prasad Kolonne
Kaweendiran Kodeeswaran
Chandima Gamage
D.V. Chanaka
Sisira Jayakody
Malik Jayathilaka
Nalinda Jayatissa
AnuruddhaJayarathne
Kavinda Jayawardhana
Mailwaganam Thilakarajah
Piyal Nishantha De Silva
Mayantha Dissanayake
Mohammadu Nazeer
Charles Nirmalanadan
Sanath Nishantha Perera
Sujith Sanjaya Perera
Ashoka Priyantha
Hirunika Premachandra
S. Premarathne
Bandulal Bandarigoda
Tharanath Basnayake
Tharaka Balasooriya, Mohamed Manseer
S.M. Marikkar
Imran Mahruf
Ashu Marasinghe
Prasanna Ranathunga
Prasanna Ranaweera
Ishak Rahuman
Mujibar Rahuman
Harshana Rajakaruna
Jayampathi Wikramarathne
Thusitha Wijemanna
Rohini Kumari Wijerathne
Chaminda Wijesiri
Kanchaka Wijesekara
Hesha Withanage
S. Jayalendran
Gnanamuththu Srineshan
Shanthi Sri Skandarajah
Sandith Samarasinghe
S. Siwamohan
Chathura Sandeepa Senarathne
Wijepala Hettiarachchi
Indika Anuruddha Herath
Malik Samarawikrama
Sarath Fonseka
H.R. Sarathi Dushmantha
Karunarathna Paranawithana
Former Chancellor of the University of Peradeniya, Prof. M. O. A. de Zoysa revealed in May that 94 MPs have not passed their GEC (O/L) examination with only 25 graduates among the 225 legislators in the former Sri Lankan Parliament.
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